Representation of the People Act 1918

suffrage has to exist which provides fairness and equality ensuring that members of every social class has the right to vote. Democracy as Abraham Lincoln said is, “the government of the people, by the people, for the people”. By 1900 many acts had been put in place which helped Britain to achieve Democracy. The acts gave better off working class men who lived in the countryside the right to vote on the same terms as the boroughs. However by 1900 social and economic factors still contributed to…

wage legislation for women and children in the District of Columbia was passed by Congress in 1918. Five years later, the wage board of Children’s Hospital in Washington D.C. cut the hours of many of the employees, who were primarily women, to counteract the extra money that they would have to pay their employees due to the legislation. Many of the employees saw that the wage board’s enforcement of the 1918 legislation was not benefitting them as intended because overall, they would each be…

What happen in the revolution. Before the war started the colonists tried to talk to Great Britain in giving them representation in parliament. The war ended with freedom winning In 1761 the British had defeated the French in war but needed to pay for the war debt so the decided to tax the colonists so they could get money. The passed the stamp act tea tax and intolerable acts. During the Revolutionary War the British army was stronger than the American small Militia Americans went to…

YEAR 12 ENGLISH “UNIVERSAL THEMES” - REPRESENTATIONS OF WAR: PLANNING Poem Chosen: Anthem for Doomed Youth Write a paragraph summarising the representation of war being presented in your poem and the main ways in which it is shown. The poem represents war as depressing and futile. The representation of how horrific war is, can be construed from the title itself. It conveys a strong feeling for the reader and foreshadows what the poem will consist of. Usually an anthem is a stirring song…

Royal Naval Corp d. made uniforms- worked heavier machinery d. Men were very threatened by the entrance of cheap labour (#4 p.60) Skilled unions organized against them 2. U.S Drafted 4 million men Only 1 million women joined workforce from 1915 to 1918 It was that women in the workforce had new “non-tradional” jobs opened up to them Worked in fields such Women were allowed to enroll in D. analyze women warfare propaganda Effects Attitude change Britain “Time was when I thought that…

114 which assert that “Political authority derives from the people” and “Personal liberty is inviolable” . • permitted the president to cast aside the power of the Reichstag; the apparatus for the people to rule themselves. • According to Richard Evans, the emergency powers were a growing problem, and, in the hands of Hindenburg, “would prove to fatal to the Republic’s survival”. • Abuse of Article 48 set the precedent for the Enabling Act. Political Scheming + Miscalculation of…

was passed, freeing the slaves in confederate states. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while viewing a play in Ford 's Theater. Andrew Johnson then took over. Then in Dec, slavery was prohibited through the Thirteenth Amendment. The Civil Rights Act is legalised, the first law regrading the rights for African- Americans. In December, the KKK made many attempts to discourage the African-Americans from voting Fpr $7.2 million, the USA buys Alaska off Russia. The…

any of this matter? It matters because Dr. Melero grew up not knowing that women from her homeland had even participated in the revolution. It matters because the role models of old pave the way for new generations by showing us who we can be. Representation is a powerful thing. Women in Mexico are more likely to have a lower level of education than their male counterpart, are more likely to live in poverty, and are more likely to be killed. Knowing that smart strong women have come before you…

of sexuality, specifically homosexual and heterosexual it also highlights the ways in which this system is also largely culturally constructed. Hopefully, as this information becomes more available in accessible in mainstream education and representations, people will be far more understanding towards those experience gender and sexuality differently to the historically, culturally and socially constructed…

Throughout history there are many recurring themes that truly prove the saying that history repeats itself. One that continues to be seen is the intentional oppression of a specific group of people. Whether it be based on race, religion, economic status or sex, we have a way of singling out specific people and creatively finding a way to take away these basic rights that everyone should be protected by and entitled to. Eventually someone will see the error of our ways and through a lot of hard…